You convert to XenForo. The converter (bundled in with XenForo, included in the package) will read your vBulletin database, in the ISO encoding that it has. It will get the data correctly. It will then proceed to insert the data in the XenForo tables, which are prepared for UTF-8.

At the end you are left with
1) Your old vBulletin installation, untouched, in the same ISO format
2) Your brand new XenForo installation, in UTF-8, with proper support for Japanese and many other languages

After that, you close your vBulletin, stop using it and you start using XenForo

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You convert to XenForo. The converter (bundled in with XenForo, included in the package) will read your vBulletin database, in the ISO encoding that it has. It will get the data correctly. It will then proceed to insert the data in the XenForo tables, which are prepared for UTF-8.

At the end you are left with
1) Your old vBulletin installation, untouched, in the same ISO format
2) Your brand new XenForo installation, in UTF-8, with proper support for Japanese and many other languages

After that, you close your vBulletin, stop using it and you start using XenForo

Hi, well, I am going to buy Xenforo for another project anyways but I also want to convert my main forum vbulletin DB to UTF8. So can Xenforo converter help in this task? So that I still use my Vb but with UTF8 database.

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Hi, well, I am going to buy Xenforo for another project anyways but I also want to convert my main forum vbulletin DB to UTF8. So can Xenforo converter help in this task? So that I still use my Vb but with UTF8 database.

My aim for when I buy Xenforo is to integrate my design with Xenforo and it will be used as it is http://xenforo.com/community/threads/anime-website-nihonomaru-xenforo.42348/#post-457317 So i would need some help with this But
I wouldn't need to convert my main vb forum to migrate to Xenforo. It is impossible due to so many addons and customization, and not to mention Xenforo for me would need at least 2 years in development to become more complete.

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My aim for when I buy Xenforo is to integrate my design with Xenforo and it will be used as it is http://xenforo.com/community/threads/anime-website-nihonomaru-xenforo.42348/#post-457317 So i would need some help with this But
I wouldn't need to convert my main vb forum to migrate to Xenforo. It is impossible due to so many addons and customization, and not to mention Xenforo for me would need at least 2 years in development to become more complete.

It is going to be too much work~ that is why i prefer when i buy Xenforo to use it as a stand alone and try to work my way up on customizing it more and getting familiar with the addons offered here and things like that, better than say "lets convert from vb to xenforo and try to look for every addon i used on vb for xenforo" - too hectic. I always believe in improvements and innovations but also if something is not broken, don't change it

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You convert to XenForo. The converter (bundled in with XenForo, included in the package) will read your vBulletin database, in the ISO encoding that it has. It will get the data correctly. It will then proceed to insert the data in the XenForo tables, which are prepared for UTF-8.

At the end you are left with
1) Your old vBulletin installation, untouched, in the same ISO format
2) Your brand new XenForo installation, in UTF-8, with proper support for Japanese and many other languages

After that, you close your vBulletin, stop using it and you start using XenForo